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प्रश्न
Why did the customer free the imprisoned doves?
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उत्तर
The customer had suffered the pains of prison life. He was a jailbird a short while ago. So he tossed the doves into the air and freed them from their imprisonment.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer of these question in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
Match the meanings with the words/expressions in italic, and write the appropriate
meaning next to the sentence.
The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle.
Listen to one of William Wordsworth's poems, that describes a memorable
experience he had, while out on a walk. (Your teacher will play a recording.)
Listen to the poem at least twice.
Notice how ideas are connected in the story.
Write what the following words you just used in 1.1 imply by choosing suitable options from the box.
- and:
- but:
- where:
- while:
- after:
- until:
- so :
connects similar actions, objects
denotes contrast
denotes time.
The words given above are called connectors. Connectors do not simply join sentences together; they also show how ideas are related.
There are many different ways of classifying connectors according to their meaning. We shall start with the ones you are already familiar with.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"Now tell us what it was all about"
Young Peterkin, he cries.
And little Willhelmines looks up
With wonder - waiting eyes,
"Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought each other for".
- After Blenheim, Robert Southey
(i) Who are Peterkin and Wilhelmine? How does the poet describe the scene at the beginning of the poem?
(ii) What did Young Peterkin find and where? Describe it?
(iii) Who is referred to as "each other"? What did they fight for?
(iv) To whom are the words in the extract addressed? How was this person's family affected by the war?
(v) What, according to the poet, are the consequences that are often associated with great and famous victories? What message does the poet want to convey to the readers?
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.
(i) Timothy and Grandfather went to Lucknow in a special compartment.
(ii) The compartment in which Grandfather and Timothy travelled had no other passenger.
(iii) Timothy and Grandfather travelled in a first-class compartment.
(vi) All passengers in the compartment thought that Timothy was a well-fed and civilized tiger.
Find in the poem lines that match the following. Read both one after the other.
The rebel refuses to cut his hair.
What did the leader of the van do with the kind old man?
Explain with an example how can you put out fire by cutting the supply of oxygen.
The game of cricket traces its origin from where?
Why did the farmer think of having a pet?
Who was Vijay Singh? What did he look like?
Multiple Choice Question:
When does the flier have to run?
Read the newspaper report to find the following facts about Columbia’s ill-fated voyage.
Date and place of lift-off: ____________
Multiple Choice Question:
What does the phrase “repeat themselves’ mean here?
Talk to your partner and say whether the following statement is true or false.
Camels store water in their humps.
Why were the hinges of the door rusty?
Where did B. Wordsworth live in the short story, B. Wordsworth?
How does the poem, Crossing the Bar, portray the poet's deep affirmation and faith in God?
Complete the following sentence by providing a reason.
In the short story, Atithi, Motilal Babu and Annapurna choose Tarapada as a prospective groom for their daughter because ______.
